03/19/2018 04:00Earlier this week, Britain announced the expulsion of 23 Russian diplomats and suspension of high-level contacts over the poisoning.The Russian foreign ministry released a statement stating that the British diplomats will be "expelled within a week".The back-and-forth between Russia and the United Kingdom comes as British officials ratchet up pressure on Moscow over what they allege was a Russian government attempt to kill former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, using a military-grade nerve agent...

03/18/2018 04:00"We want something - something is better than nothing", said Trenten Peacock, a member of the school's left-leaning group called Falcons for Progress, who helped organize the March 14 walkout.Organizers said almost 3,000 walkouts were planned in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged following the massacre...

03/17/2018 04:00AN astronaut's DNA no longer matches his identical twin's after a year in space, a study by NASA confirmed. Researchers also presented what happened to Scott after he returned to Earth, again while making comparisons to Mark. However, none of these changes were big enough to generate major changes in body function; Scott himself said that he was surprised to hear that his DNA had been changed in an interview with MarketWatch...

03/16/2018 04:00"These findings are exciting because it's possible that improving people's cardiovascular fitness in middle age could delay or even prevent them from developing dementia", said study author Helena Hörder, PhD, of the University of Gothenburg in Gothenburg, Sweden.Only five per cent of the fittest women in the study went on to develop dementia in later life...

03/15/2018 04:00Asked how the current political situation in the USA could affect future happiness reports, Sachs said: "Time will tell, but I would say that in general that when confidence in government is low, when perceptions of corruption are high, inequality is high and health conditions are worsening ... that is not conducive to good feelings"...